Note: This is an archival copy of Security Sun Alert 200183 as previously published on http://sunsolve.sun.com.
Latest version of this security advisory is available from http://support.oracle.com
as Sun Alert 1000137.1.

Security Vulnerability May Allow Firewall Compromise or Creation of Denial of Service (DoS) Condition

1. Impact

A security vulnerability in Solaris Internet Protocol (IP - see ip(7P))
implementation may allow a remote privileged user to send certain
packets bypassing the security policies set by a firewall or to cause
the system to panic, creating a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.